Could Anthony Davis Be Done For Season? Shams Charania Says It’s Possible

NBA insider Shams Charania of ESPN says it’s possible Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis is done for the season. 

Davis suffered a left adductor strain on Feb. 8 against the Houston Rockets in his first game with the Mavericks, who lost Kyrie Irving to a season-ending ACL injury on Monday (3/3). 

Shams on Anthony Davis:

“I think him, his representatives are gonna huddle up. I think they’re gonna have some very hard conversations. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that one game was the last time we’ve seen AD this season” pic.twitter.com/kYr8FIxJga

— Oh No He Didn’t (@ohnohedidnt24) March 4, 2025

The Mavericks acquired Davis from the Los Angeles Lakers in the blockbuster Luka Doncic trade.

Davis played 31 minutes versus the Rockets before getting hurt, finishing with 26 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists and three blocks while shooting 10-of-18 from the field, 2-of-2 from beyond the arc and 4-of-6 from the free-throw line.   

Davis signed a three-year, $175 million extension with the Lakers in August 2023. He turns 32 on March 11.  

A Chicago native, Davis can become an unrestricted free agent in 2027 if he declines his 2027-28 player option worth $62.8 million. 

One of the top players in NBA history, Davis has career averages of 24.2 points, 10.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.3 blocks with the New Orleans Pelicans, Lakers and Mavericks. He was the first overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft. 

Davis, like everyone in the NBA world, was blindsided by the Mavericks-Lakers trade. 

“The front office has to do what it has to do and obviously they’re going to do what’s best for the organization,” Davis told NBA reporter Broderick Turner of The Los Angeles Times. “So I don’t know if I ever got the ‘real’ about any of it. I don’t know what’s true or what’s not, coming from upstairs. Everybody’s saying nobody knew and all this other s***. I just don’t believe it.

“They wanted who they wanted. They did what they had to do. I don’t know if they had to, but it’s what they wanted to do. I moved on. I got a wife and kids to worry about, you know what I’m saying? And I’m figuring out how I’m going to get them to Dallas and get adjusted to that.”

The Mavericks are in 10th place in the West with a record of 32-30.